Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-10-01
THIRD DAY.

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THIRD DAY.
The third and last day of the fair of
the Ramsey County Agricultural Asso-
clation opened up cloudy. The sky had
a murky appearance, and the indica-
lions were that the day would be cloudy
and disagreeable. 1t had the effect of
keeping the crowd away from the fair
grounds until abou III two o'clock when
the sky cleared. From that time the
clouds were light and occasional, so that
after all the afternoon, SO far as the
weather was concerned was pleasant.
The crowd was not nearly so large as
that Of yesterday, but the attendance
was very good, taking all things into
consideration.
There was q runaway on the ground
this morning which caused q tlutter
among those in the vicinity of the Ell.
trance to the vegetable exhibit and
around the stables. Mr.. Schultz, from
near Churchs Ferry, was driving his
black horse and it SHE'D at some stones
and tilted the buggy. Before Mr.Schultz
could regain his equilibrium he was
thrown to the ground but not bad
ly hurt. The horse, after oyerturn-
ing the sheafs of wheat at the entrance
to the vegetable exhibit, ran towards the
entrance to the grounds. Ayoung man
by the name of Frank -, in charge
of Miss Poole's horses, was run into and
one of his legs badly bruised, and one Or
two horses that were standing hitched to
wagons were slightly injured. The
buggy was upset and the seat and dash.
board broken. The harness was badly
broken, and the horse was stopped neal
the gate.
The three mile race between Miss
Echles and Miss Poole was called about
four o'clock, and was the most entertain
ing feature Of the day. Each lady used
three horses. They got a good start, and
the first half mile vas holly contested.
The horses kept well together and when
they passed under the wire after the
first time around Miss Poole was a neck
ahead of Miss Echles. The second hall
mile was as holly contested and Miss
Poole gained a trifle, passing the judges
stand a half a length ahead On the
third round Miss Poole made a change
of horses, and Miss Echles came in
ahead. Miss Echles changed on the
fourth round and this gave Miss Poole
an opportunity of making up the dis
lance she had lost in making hel
change. Both changed on the fifth hal!
mile. A shout went up from the Grove
when the last change was made and i
was then apparent that Miss Poole
would win. The changes were all well
made, the last IL by Miss Poole being
particularly fine. When Miss Poole
passed under the wire and was an.
nounced winner of the race, she received
a big round of applause.
In the one mile running race, best
two in three, there were four entries
Webber's Tcady, Hetrick's sorrel, lay
lor's brown mare from st. Johns, and
Jos. Militaire's white horse. This was q
spirited race, and every man entered tc
win. The purse was $50. Hetrick's
sorrel did good work, and won the frs,
two heats and race, Fred Webber's
Toady coming in for second money.
The afternoon program was com
menced by the breaking of a wild horse
taken from the Montana head. After
lassolng him the broncho was taken in
side the track, and after a little maneu.
vering he was blindfolded and a saddle
and bride were put OH him. 1t did no,
require much expertness to ride him
for he didn't show any signs of bucking
The second broncho brought in afforded
a great deal of amusement. He had Il
propensity for bucking, and gave q fine
exhibition of that art. The cowboy rode
him we'll, and retained his seat in tho
saddle throughout tho performance ex.
cept once, when the horse bucked ovel
a small embankment and fell.
a fine exhibition. of horseback riding
was given by Mr.. c. Il. Taylor, the
Montana horseman. and his herdsmar
Clarence. a hat was picked from the
ground while the horse was going at full
speed. Several canes were also picked
frem the ground i'll this way. Mr. Tay.
lor also jumped from his horse to tho
ground and then clear over the horse
to he ground on the other side while
the animal was on a gallop.
In the three minute trotting race fol
purse of $50. Allen Mettler entered
Belle A., and Joe Kent entered Iolanthe
In the first heat Kent's horse was given
the pole. The horses trotted we'll
Belle II. won the mile heat by half a
length. The second heat was very eve
ly trotted. Belle M. won il in .3:O75,
The third heat and the race we're won
by Belle III. The time of this heat was
3:O4.
The attendance for the three days has